What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Mary Ellen Bell profiles Eldonna Hazen, the first woman and lesbian minister of First Congregational Church.
- Joe Tarr reports on the resignation of Madison's controversial parks director, Kevin Briski.
- Nathan Comp reports on a new Wisconsin law that eliminates the requirement that votes for all write-in candidates be counted.
- Judith Davidoff reports on the historic election of women to the top two leadership posts on the Dane County Board.
- Judith Davidoff shares the story of a high school student who was expelled two years ago under the Madison school district's now defunct zero tolerance policy.
- Sandy Tabachnick tells the story behind Dead Man Walking, Madison Opera's upcoming production about a nun who ministers to a death-row inmate.
- Marie Loeffler applauds Béatrice et Bénédict, the University Opera's final production helmed by William Farlow.
- Gwen Rice discusses why UW theater professor David Furumoto added kabuki elements University Theatre's upcoming production of Richard III.
- John W. Barker appreciates the virtuosity of guest pianist Stewart Goodyear in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's recent program of Beethoven works.
- Mike Popke chats with Sons of Atom about A View from the Recessional Moraine, their latest album of political punk.
- Joshua M. Miller asks country singer Lydia Loveless why she covered a Kesha song for Record Store Day.
- Dean Robbins laughs and cries at Billy Crystal's HBO special 700 Sundays.
- Marjorie Baumgarten feels pleasantly satiated after viewing The Lunchbox, a low-key Indian film about a pair of accidental pen pals.
- Marc Savlov calls Under the Skin "the most unique science-fiction movie to hit theaters in recent years."
- Kyle Nabilcy finds happy-hour prices persuasive at Brews Brothers.
- Wine: André Darlington stands up for the oft-maligned rosé.
- Michael Popke talks with urban theorist/activist Naomi Davis.
- Tell All scolds a woman obsessed wit her boyfriend's social media habits.
- Dan Seiter closes the book on the Milwaukee Bucks' 2013-14 season.